<<Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), who grew up down the street from Selig, jokes that Selig, who briefly tried to use non-union players during the 1994-95 strike that shut down the game, employed his first “replacement player” during a sixth-grade sandlot game. “He showed up with this kid we had never seen before; he was huge,” said Kohl, laughing. “I said, ‘Who the hell is this guy, Selig?’ He says, ‘Nobody, let’s play,’ The guy struck out 27 of us.>>